Description

The costs incurred by patients in seeking care are considered a potential barrier to healthcare seeking behaviour. Given the global move towards Universal Health Care (UHC) which includes financial protection from the cost of ill health, there is a need to estimate the burden of costs incurred by patients to identify possible policy interventions. We used patient cost data collected alongside the “Xpert for people attending HIV/AIDS care: test or review?” (XPHACTOR) study to estimate the costs incurred by the study population when accessing care. In addition, we also looked at the cost burden on caregivers. This dataset includes observations for 289 people accessing HIV/AIDS care among

Additional information

Data was obtained from study participants on the basis that it would be used for HIV and TB related research. To comply with the study’s ethical obligations, the dataset can only be made available on condition that the requester provides details of their research and signs a data sharing agreement.

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Aaurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa, Gauteng Department of Health, Johannesburg, South Africa